Possibilities in Shade by Mariano Peyrou, trans. Terence Dooley Alan Felsenthal the armpit of a TV

the armpit of a TV star

an airport and a columbarium

and to overflow what fits too tightly

‘Here is no glib internationalism or modish multiculturalism… Displacement here no longer spells exile

pylons and powerlines hum

Possibilities in Shade by Mariano Peyrou, trans. Terence Dooley Alan Felsenthal the armpit of a TVFear is the liquid state of pain as a wound is the solid state of fear. Mariano Peyrous pulsating and mesmerizing meditation on love, time, and memory, here elegantly translated by Terence Dooley, is at once minimalist and expansive: its subtle repetition of key nouns and verbs creates a dreamscape in which two parallel lines meet in your eyes. If parallel, how can these lines meet? The path to understanding repeatedly confronts a mountain, because